I’m Not Worried About Men’s Tennis Post-Roger, Post-Rafa and (Eventually) Post-Novak. Here’s Why.

• bland wasteland
• with the sunset of the Big Three, 
• grinding through a parade of pretenders
• Jannik prevailed at the Australian Open
• roaring back from two sets down
• gangly and gaunt
  • physically lean / lean and fit / lean and slim
  • tall and slender / may have limbs that appear long and thin
  • thin, haggard and emaciated / dishevel / 
  • lanky
• wicked talent
• rule out
• by his own admission
• Sinner is blast to watch / his game is fistful
• mental toughness 
• knocking off
• sneak up on
• sizzling run
• mesmerizing duel
• mezzanine
• get over the hump
• contender
• the latter of which
• sturdiness
• warp all expectations
• quirky
• tweener
• steer himself back

 

I’m Not Worried About Men’s Tennis Post-Roger, Post-Rafa and (Eventually) Post-Novak. Here’s Why.

Jannik Sinner knocked off an exhausted Daniil Medvedev—and, before that, defending champ Novak Djokovic—to take his first major at the Australian Open. It’s a breakthrough tennis fans saw coming for months